2/26/2003
Jeb puts best face on library breakup
Jeb annnounces plan to give away the Florida State Library's circulating collection to private college Nova Univ. and give it $5 million. (Oddly, a comparable deal was never offered to FSU.)
Sometimes in a news story the really important information can be in the very last sentence. Here's the very last sentence in the St. Pete Times' story:
Nova pays eight lobbyists, including Brian Ballard, chief of staff to former Gov. Bob Martinez, and Van Poole, the former chairman of the state Republican Party.
Oh-h-h-h.
Weirdest library headline so far is in the Tampa Trib -- Iraq Shares Blame For Plan To Shrink Library, Bush Says
Right.
The Stuart News editorial, Brogan's last duty, notes:
Oh, yes, the removal of the library will not leave empty space in the R.A. Gray Building, because the incoming appointed secretary of state will be given larger and more splendid quarters there. Saving money?
Times editorial: Shelve the state library move. Meanwhile lawmakers are showing uncharacteristic skepticism and library supporters are angry. Librarians express concern.
There's still time -- two days - to sign the on-line petition. It has more than 15,000 names.
Sometimes in a news story the really important information can be in the very last sentence. Here's the very last sentence in the St. Pete Times' story:
Nova pays eight lobbyists, including Brian Ballard, chief of staff to former Gov. Bob Martinez, and Van Poole, the former chairman of the state Republican Party.
Oh-h-h-h.
Weirdest library headline so far is in the Tampa Trib -- Iraq Shares Blame For Plan To Shrink Library, Bush Says
Right.
The Stuart News editorial, Brogan's last duty, notes:
Oh, yes, the removal of the library will not leave empty space in the R.A. Gray Building, because the incoming appointed secretary of state will be given larger and more splendid quarters there. Saving money?
Times editorial: Shelve the state library move. Meanwhile lawmakers are showing uncharacteristic skepticism and library supporters are angry. Librarians express concern.
There's still time -- two days - to sign the on-line petition. It has more than 15,000 names.
